The U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 392nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion conducted M4 weapons qualification and shared their reasons for joining the U.S. Army Reserve on May 3, 2022, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Signal Battalions enable the U.S. Army with uninterrupted mission command and the ability to rapidly deploy and maneuver across the battlefield.
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a 5 part series on the history of the U.S. Air Force from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Historians
The birth of powered flight, courtesy of Orville and Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio, is a decidedly American story. For centuries, mankind had dreamed of breaking free from the hold of gravity to take to the air to soar the heavens like the birds.